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压抑
压抑
压抑
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压抑
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压抑

压抑 Pronunciation and Pinyin

压抑 Usage and Examples

repress

suppress

depress

oppressive

有些人指责说清教徒性欲受到压抑。

Some have charged that the Puritans were sexually repressed.

我忽然感到无法言说的压抑.

I suddenly felt unutterably depressed.

The characters in 压抑

Stroke Order
CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
压
yā6press down, suppress, control
抑
yì7suppress or restrain

More words starting with 压

  • yā压rén人intimidate, overwhelm
  • yā压jià价beat down the price, undercut
  • yā压dī低lower, suppress
  • yā压dī低jià价gé格lower the price, push down the price
  • yā压zhù住hold down, suppress
  • yā压zhù住le了suppressed, held down
  • yā压zhù住zhèn阵jiǎo脚hold the fort, stabilize the situation
  • yā压dǎo倒overwhelm, defeat
  • yā压dǎo倒le了overwhelmed, overpowered
  • yā压dǎo倒xìng性yōu优shì势overwhelming advantage, crushing superiority
  • yā压lěng冷mén门bet on an underdog, back an outsider
  • yā压chū出le了pressed out, squeezed out

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Questions about 压抑

What does 压抑 mean in Chinese?

压抑 (yā yì) means “repress, suppress, depress, oppressive”.

How do you pronounce 压抑?

压抑 is pronounced yā yì in Mandarin Chinese.

How do you say “repress” in Chinese?

“repress” is 压抑 (yā yì) in Chinese.

How is 压抑 used in a sentence?

This page has 2 example sentences using 压抑, each with pinyin and an English translation.

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